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COLUMBIA, S. C.
Saturday Horning* Jone ?. 1869.
^.?::,vrT-^_-. ?rt ?, ? ? T-.Y , ?, M
Hollywood Memorial D*jr.
The Richmond papers contain lengthy
reports of the decoration of the Confede?
rate gravee in Hollywood Cemetery, on
Wednesday last From the Enquirer
and Examiner we extract the following:
The scene was beautiful and impres?
sive. To see the noble women, and prat?
tling bnt earnest children Mattering upon
the graves of men who had died amidst
the storm and fury of battle the richest
offerings of Flora's kingdom? was most
touching and impressive.
The grounds have been handsomely
laid off, the gotten paved thronghont
tho cemetery, each grave marked in a
permanent manner, and the memorial
pile ol granite, in the oentre of the
graves, so far constructed as to show that
when it shall be completed it will be a
beautiful and lasting monument to the
brave men who sleep around it. The
wives and mothers and sisters of the
Sooth may rest assured that the last
resting places of those they loved and
cherished whilst living, will bo kept
green and he properly attended to by the
ladies of the Hollywood Memorial Asso?
ciation.'. That the interest of the Asso?
ciation and of the citizens of Biohmond
has suffered no abatement, was folly de?
monstrated yesterday1.
In the city everything wore a, Sunday
aspect. Many places of business were
closed, and all who could leave v/ent ont
to pay their tribute of respect to the
dead, and to reader to the ladies of the
association such assistance as they need?
ed in their labor of love.
The custom inaugurated by the Memo?
rial Association of our city, of laying a
yearly offering of flowers on the graves
of oar fallen heroes, is a most beautiful
one, and we hope the day is far distant
when it shall fall into disuse. When thc
present generation shall have passed
away, that which succeeds it will take
their places, and keep tho graves of oui
soldiers, and their memories, green ir
their hearts. They were brave men,
and deserve the lasting gratitude of thc
Seoplo of Biohmond and the who!?
onth.
This-the third anniversary of th<
Memorial Association of Hollywood Ce
metery-was celebrated with all the so
lenin rites and ceremonies due to the sa
cred occasion. The noble women o
Biohmond have made the care and gu ar
dianship of the soldiers' section of thi
beautiful cemetery their own peoulia
province, and each succeeding annivez
eary the graves of our dead soldiers ar
decorated with flowers by their oompaa
sionate and tender hands. Many a sor
heart, mourning for the lost and loved
who fills a warrior's grave in that distan
"city of the dead," is soothed and core
f orted in the knowledge that kind heart
and pious hands defend it from neglec
^ and time. There was neither harangu
nor oration; no "sounding brass or tinl
ling cymbal;" but a solemn, orderly gi
thering of tho citizens of Richmond
bearing wreaths and flowers, to be lai
decently, quietly and reverently on tb
graves of tho brave soldiers who yielde
life for the holy cause of duty and coui
try. None were forgotten. The naru
less demi were remembered, and adorne
by the same hands whioh laid their ti
bates on the grave of Stuart, the Vi
ginia Paladin, and the gallant Pegrar
The "Lost Cause" ia dead in fast, but
is a mournful satisfaction that we cs
pay our homage to those who gave i
life in defence of their rights. AU hom
to the women of Virginia, to the wornt
of the South, who formed and carried
perfection their beautiful scheme-wi
have assumed and so honorably di
charge their sacred duties; who have d
monstrated that sweet Christian ohari
which is tho crowning glory of love
womanhood.
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?.Lt? Un Have Peuce!"
The Washington Star speaks as folio'
of the'd?coration of Federal graves
Arlington, and tho desecration of the nt
row homes of the Confederates:
1 'As WK FOBGIYE THOSE W>10 TRESPE
AGAINST us."-There happens to be I
the mysterious dealings of Providence
that Providence which, nccordiug to he
writ, marks the fall even of a sparrow
about thirty graves of rebel dead ia t
ceinotery at Arlington. On Saturday li
the business of this oity stood still
witness a ceremony instituted by t
Grand Army of the Bepublio, of stre
iog tho graves of soldiers with flowe
The orator of the occasion lifted, as
were, by bis own uloquence to the pl?
of our couimou humanity, reasonod
peace, forgiveness, and good will to I
memory of our late enomies-in-arms.
is proverbially oasicr for those to forg
who have conquered, or for a man w
a sense of injury to extend the hand
forgiveness to his neighbor who hos
jured him, than for those who have o
quered to forget the bitterness of deft
or for him who has committed wr<
lu against anothor to kiss the cheek thu
. ; \ proffered him. Tho Scriptures tell us
way to punish an enemy is by proi
HH^ forgiveness-and how by this act we r
J\ heap coals of Uro ou his head.
Sk . . ^
The chance interment of the poor re?
mains aforementioned inside the palinps
of the National Cemetery-there to min?
gle with the dust and await, with all the
rest, the coming of tho Saviour of man?
kind-seems to have excited the jealousy
of those entrusted with the management
of this ceremony. A jfaard which walked
over at?d upon th? graves was stationed
to prevent the casting of - flowers on
them. It was the valiant office of these
sentinels to pick: the flowers that sympa?
thizing friends had placed there, off the
little mounds that marked the last resting
place of the rebel dead. The eloquence
of the oratorj when he reasoned of for?
given 033 and good Will, seems to have
smitten with poor effect upon the ears of
the Committee of Arrangements, whose
guard was engaged the while in such an
exhibition of immeasurable meanness.
Even the commonest axiom of human
feeling waa forgotten, and the dignity
and propriety of the occasion was lost
altogether in the distinction whioh was
ordered to be made by plaoing a guard
with boyonets fixed to prevent tho intru?
sion of any marks of sympathy for th?
rebel graves.
The show of sympathy for unfortunate
rebels might have been better timed that
on a day dedicated, it now appears, tc
such exclusiveness. It ought not to hav<
been made to provoke the jealous folb
that showed itself on this occasion. I
was bad taste to intrude such sympathy
Upon a day thus appointed and appro
printed. These graves without a t ri bu ti
wonld have been more eloquent of mis
fort-un0, wonld have plead with more el
feet to the generous hearts of all gooi
men and women there assembled, hui
they been left alone without a token
The guard, would then h av o had ai
empty office to perform, and by thi
reason one more conspicuously mean.
Against such a'duty'tue living soldiet
of the republic would have had a goo
right to protest. They will certaiol
never be oalled upon to do a duty mor
contemptible than that set apart for thei
on Saturday last. Every decent Amer
can citizen will disclaim it. The offene
will recoil in public sentiment with som
unpleasantness upon the real offonderi
and, though the circumstance is trivii
in itself, and no harm oertainly to th
dead hos been done thereby, there is
significance in the expression of sue
sentiments whioh it is the best hope 1
the future that the American peoplo wi
learn to look down upon, and most th
roughly outlive. Meanwhile, there u:
very few but must both pity and despii
the offenders not loss than regret the o
fence itself.
The New York Herald speaks thus 1
the despicable affair!
DISGRACING PATRIOTISM.-That ollie
of marines who so outraged all the d
cenoiesof humanity at Arlington perha
thought he was in some way common
ing himself for great zeal to the powe
that be; and either he has a most unjr
tifiable opinion of those powers, or it
a bad omen for the country, if they a
to be pleased in that way. Does tl
functionary reflect the views that previ
near headquarters? Is it possible th
we cannot see how to be patriots wi thu
being brutes? Is it possible that our 1
spect for a great cause requires us to c
eroise a mean supervision over the 1
tions and thoughts of those whose si
rows differ from ours in their directio
Is this horrible tyranny of a majority
go into the sacred domain of the gnr
too, and shall no one be grieved over,
mourned with sentimental usage, if
happened to be wrong? Shame on i
zeal that pursues a quarrel beyond I
grave. In the United States of Ame
ca, freedom has been much cramped
some time, but we have always desi!
to believe that it was only necessarily
Permit us, men in authority, to bein
that there is still freedom for a worn
to go to the grave of her son or her lo
and cast upon it a token of her reme
brance. If there is not, what better
you than the brutal despots that mi
Austria a by-word among nations?
The following is the special despa
to the Herald relative to the matter:
The action of a lieutenant and sn
guard of marines at Arlington, yes
dey, in preventing people from throw
florers over the graves of the Confe
rato dead, is the subject of much 1
here, to-day, and tho general sen tim
is condemnatory. It turns out that
offioers of tho Qrand Army of the
pnblio were not altogether responsi
for what occurred. They merely
ranged to have the marines there so
to prevent people from making mistal
but mistakes were made on the wr
side. The marines misunderstood vt
they were placed there for, and thou
it was part of their duty to insult pe<
who happened to throw flowers on
graves of the Confederate dead. 1
lieutenant in command, whoso nam
given as Shirley, but of which I am
certain, was particularly offensive in
manner. Seeing a lady throw a si
bouquet on one of these graves, this I
tenant rushed to tho spot, picked up
flowers, and throwing them on
ground at his feet, commenced staci]
on them in such a manner as to att
about him a crowd of,wondering ape
tors in a very few minutes. Some ol
lookers-on, learning the cause of
lieutenant's rage, commenced to mur
disapprobation, when the liento
shouted out "D-n you, get away 1
here, every one of you, or I'll make
Guards, como up here, and disperse
crowd." The lieutenant accomps
these words with angry gestures,
swinging his arms about as if he int
isd to pitch generally into the cr
His guards answered his call, bul
crowd dispersed without waiting to be
bayoneted. Aa ex-Union volunteer,
writing to the Washington Herald, gives
the folio wing account of whet he Baw:
While marching with the throng along
the central walk of the oemetery, accom?
panied by a?rerai ohildren whom I had
supplied with flowers, I noticed a crowd
and a squad of a?rerai marines gathered
about a small plat in the gtouuds, to the
right of the walk, jost to the North of
the little foot bridge. We walked on
across the bridge, and, haring giren oar
tribute to the dead, wo returned. The
crowd was still at the little plat.. Four
marines and a sergeant, assisted at inter?
vals by two officers, were pacing np and
down, not oo the walks or between the
graves, but literally across the graves of
some thirty soldiers. Upon examina?
tion, I found that they were Confederate
dead. Several ladle*, erideutly not
knowing that they were Confederates,
and with no intention of exhibiting any
special, quietly placed their offerings
upon the graves. They wore at once
accosted by the geards, who eompellec
them to take them up. Several gentle?
men were treated in ? like manner. ]
saw one Union soldier who was foroed tc
take back the offering he had made t<
peace and forgiveness. An ex-Uoioi
officer, well koowa to me, was orderet
to receive back a few roses that he had
without knowledge of the,, forbiddei
ground, strewn upon the grave of on
of these soldiers. Astonished, mystiflet
and disgusted, I asked ooe of the guard
the source of the orders. He told mi
that they came from the superintendeo
of the cemetery, whose name I do no
know.
The people demand to know fror
whence these orders came, that the rc
8ponsibility may be placed where i
should rest. They demand to kne
whether a subordinate oan shape thu
the policy of a government, or whethe
the hoad of the Government and th
army has sanctioned this act, and thc
explains and interprets his oracular "Lt
us have peace." They demand to ku o
for what purpose were these dead Cot
federates buried there, aod how lon
they are to remain? Was it that the
should be thus insulted, and are they I
remain there as long as our nation liv?
to bo on every anniversary literally troi
den ander foot by the uniformed repr
soututives of the Government, poiatc
out as aa example that we will wrea
vengeance ever upon the bodies of des
enemies. The course pursued at Arlinj
ton is in strong contrast with that whic
prevailed ia Alexandria yesterday. The:
all the graves were honored alike, flows
having been strewn upon Confedera
and Union without distinction.
HUMANE AND JUST.-Tho Ber. hi
Frothiogbam, however, delivered a di
course ia New York on the day of tl
decoration of the Union dead, which
ia striking contrast to the above. I
concludes os follows:
"I mean all who died ia the war we
equally victims. The Southerner and t!
Northerner-those who fell with us ai
t hose who fell against us-all were vi
tims laid on the same altar. I wou
wish that we do all this as ono natio
Let ns strew these flowers not oo Nort
ero graves alono, but on Southern grav
also. They were equally brave, th
were all equally faithful to their ide
their valor was oommoa, their feeli
was common, their endeavor was 001
mon, and the same devotion to tb
cause was common to each; and each si
was devoted to its ideal-one side co h
entirely than the other. Northerner a
Southerner each oherished his purpos
each had hope, each was full of cot
dence of the ability of his Qod; es
opened his Bible; each made his pray
to the same Deity who directed the b
tie; they were common viotims, laid 01
common altar, in a common cause. C
we ought by this time to be able to
justice to the purposes as well as to I
spirit of our foes. They bore more tl
we did; they sacrificed more than
did. Their homes were burned o
thier heads by fiery shells, oars were 1
untouched. They were obliged to b
their heads as conquered, we are pr
leged to raise oars as conquerors,
would drop a tear on one of their grn
as quickly rs on oue of our own; an
am willing to affirm that the guilt i
not their's alone. We were all sine
together. * * * These men fll
their place, aot shrinking, not swervi
They only knew that they were un
orders, and in their place. Who?
they wore, let us remember that they
their duty; they were good soldiers,
was a great word: sweet, lovely, it i
die for one's country. A greater w
is this: sweoter, lovelier, is it so to
that ono's couutry shall be sweet
lovely."
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INTERNAL BEVENUE BECEIITS Dur
THE FISCAL YEAH.-The receipts fi
internal revenue from ./ano 30, 186S
May SI, 1809, elevea mouths of the
cul year, amouut to $136,196,655,
from customs about $166,000,000, n
ing a total of over $302,000,000. I
mating the receipts from internal r
nue ut $25,000,000 for the pre
month, which closes the fiscal year,
from customs at $15,000,000, it will
seen that there has been a falling oj
the former from the last fiscal yea
about $30,000,000, dio the custom
ceipts will show a. ncreaso of al
$17,000,000. In the aggregate there
be.a falling off during the preses
compared with the last fiscal yea;
about $18,000,000.
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A writer in the Revohuion demand
wives equal pay with wet-nurses.
again this af ter?
ming,) by the Post
^J. -W. Harrison,
the'Blue Ridge Railroad
Company, is at the Columbia Hotel, and
Judge J. L. Orri ia , at the Nickerson
Hoose.
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Henry Makey, (colored,) charged wita
T"ne~murJer'oTMr.'~Alexander Reilly seve
?t'yeWrsligcr, bdt'<rho was convicted of
manslaughter at the-late Court of Gene?
ral Sessions for Riehland, and sentenced
to be imprisoned in the Connty jail for
six months, has been pardoned by Gov.
Scott.
ARREST OP A SUTI'OSED COUNTERFEITER.
The ?hief of Police arrested, yesterday,
an individual describing himself as John
M. Oliver, of Virginia, upon the charge
of passing counterfeit 25 cent U. S. cur?
rency. Tho charge is sustained by the
affidavit of Mr. Richard Weam. The
not?is badly executed; but the glaring
peculiarity is the position of the gilt
figures on the back-being placed upside
down. The accused was examined be?
fore the U. S. Commissioner James
Brown, Esq., and committed to prison.
As the said Oliver arrived at this point
by way of Cherawyit is likely he has dis?
tributed bis notes in his route, and we
caution the public to be on the alert for
tho presence of such counterfeits.
SKILLFUL WORKMANSHIP.-To Mr. T.
T). Kline, muster machinist of the Char?
lotte and South Caroliua Railroad Work
Shops, aro we indebted for tho prompt
and very skillful manner in which ho
prepared several pieces of iron work in?
dispensable in a printing office-"side"
and "foot-sticks. Tho job would do
credit to any establishment engaged ex?
clusively on newspaper material. We
were fully aware that in the manufacture
of any article pertaining to cars or loco?
motives, the railroad employees were au
\fait; but we have positive evidence now
of their ability to carry out Sam. Patch's
motto, that "some things can be done as
well as others."
WHAT IS THE CAUSE OP IT?-The
springs along the banks of the canal,
from Geiger's mill to tho site of tho old
bridge, have ah-oat entirely dried up.
The water in the wells nt the Penitentia
ary hes also nearly given out, which
causes a great deal of inconvenience.
While a gentleman in the lower portion
of the city states that during the past
week he has been forced to lengthen his
well rope nearly fifteen feet, in order to
got water enough for the use of his
family. His well, heretofore, has been
one of the best in the city. Similar re?
ports are mude relative to other wells in
tho Western portion of the city. What
reason can be assigned for this general
dry np?
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THE XIX CENTURY ILLUSTRATED MA
OAZINE.-The first number of this new
Southeru monthly, which has made such
a sensation in Charleston, is before ns,
Wo can only endorse the praise bestowed
upon it by our city contemporaries.*
There is not an uninteresting pago be?
tween! the covers. The "Sooty-graphs,"
at which the Charlestonians hove laughed
so much, aro a series of cuts, represent?
ing members of the Legislature in vari?
ous attitudes of public speech, and tho
language thereof, while the literary de?
partment consists of sparkling, racy and
pathetic articles, which alternately draw
on smiles and tears. Tho "Adventures
of the Blockade Runners;" "Reminis
censes of Confederate Camps and Fields,
by Personue;" "Evening with a Spiritu?
alist," and "The Old Lawyer's Story,"
are strikingly interesting. Tho editorial
department is colloquial, amusing, and
full of entertainment. Under the unique
title of "Dishes aud Spoons," a special
chapter of recipes is devoted to the la?
dies: while tho planter and professional
man may glean many valuable hints
from tho caroful compilations of facts on
agriculture and science. The work is
beautifully printed, and tho exterior title
page a novelty in tho way of magazine
engraving. Politics are ignored, and
the aim of the Century Company is to
make it in cvory way a representative
work, of which, os a, people, we may be
proud. As a Southern magazine in in?
ception and execution, we commend it
to the public. Pried, $3.50 per annum.
35 cents for single njambers. Mr. F. A.
DeFontaine, the business agent of the
Century, is in Coln re bia* and will remain
a few days, for tho surpose of receiving
.subscriptions and advertisements.
JOB OJOTOS.
ia prepared to
printing, from vii
to pamphlets an
material and Ara
faction is guaran
does not come np
nooharge. With
business men hav
work North.
be Phoenix Job Office
conto every jgjjfif?' of
g and business1'cards ,
books. With ample
lass workmen, satia?
te all. If our work
o contract, we make
is understanding our
io excuse for sending
Nsw AnvsBTisalpNts.-'Attention is
called to the follo&ng advertisements,
published the first ?ao this morning:
D. 0. Peixotto A ma-Building Lots.
J. 8. McMahon-nbtioe..
James Brown-Wea Paper.
E. & G. D. Hope-ap Correspondents.
C. Hoofman-Frui&nd Crackers.
Meeting Directors Alwood Cemetery.
The following are Se names of the
townships into whiohVarlington Dis?
trict has been dividectSherman, Lin?
coln, Lonny, Brown, ?Thad. Stevens,
Wright, Butler, Hollymfa, Sloith, Whit
temore, Snetter, Humwrey/V?homas,
Grant, Colfax, Kol li us. 1? V
Abbeville, Horry, YcW and Union
have gone Democratic. \ho majority in
Abbeville was only 53; un the other
Counties named, tho nijorities were
very large. Laurens, Wob ably, has
gone Republican. In thtklast named,
the defeat of the Demoern was owing
entirely to independent candidates.
A New Orleans wife-beafceticonfronted
in court with the swollen BM inflamed
countenance of his wife, wa? asked by
the Judge what he had to saylbout that,
"Why, that's erysipelas; it sta heredi?
tary complaint in my fa mi ly V was the
response. I
The Japanese are coming fi Califor?
nia, 120 families being alreacY on the
way. In tho course of time mliforoia
will present a beautiful state d' things
under the fifteenth amendment. \
Mr. F. A. Calhoun, of Abbeville, a
nephew of the great statesman, lied on
Sunday last, after a short illness. \
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Thirty-one years under one minage
ment, the AMERICAN HOUSE has Aro wu .
from a small hotel to the largest iuVNew
England. It is furnished with an. tho
oontrivancea for the convenience Vnd
comfort of its guests, and is deservedly
popular with the traveling public Ja
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BEYOND A DOUBT.-More diseases kre
the result of a derangement of the Liver
than that from any other canse. Wjien
I that organ is diseased, every part of {the
system sympathizes with it, and general
prostration and decline is the result.
I The best, safest and speediest- remedy
for Liver Complaint, and all the diseases
that follow, is TUTT'S VEGETABLE LIVER
PILLS; they aro peculiarly adapted to the
climate of the South. They are sold by
Druggists everywhere. J5 6
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Honest men are easily bound, but you
can never bind a knave. . .
? PLANTATION BITTERS cures Dyspepsia.
Keep no more cats in the house than will
catch mice.
PLANTATION BITTERS oures Fever and
Ague. J
War makes thieves, and Penco hangs
them. I
PLANTATION BITTEBS onres Liver Com?
plaint and Nervoua Headache.
Time is a file that wears and Imakes no
noise. j
PLANTATION BITTERS cures tht effects of
Dissipation and Late Hoars.
Better have ono plow going than two
cradles.
PLANTATION BITTERS are an antidoto to
Change of Water and Pict.
Fools and obstinate people; make law?
yers rich.
PLANTATION BITTERS Purify, Strengthen
and Invigorate.
A kind wife makes a faithful husband.
MAGNOLIA WATER.--Superior to the
best imported German Cologne, and sold
at half the price. J5Jlf3
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To have good health, we must have
good blood-not the blood of Kings,
Emperors or Princes, but the blood that
runs pure and strong through the sys?
tem, giving color to the maidens oheek
and vigor to the arm, imparting bril
Haney lo the eye and elasticity to the
frame. The blood is to the man what
the sap is to the tree; let the sap grow
dry and the tree withers and dies. So
let the blood get thin, watery and weak,
and the maa sickens and dies. Heioitsh's
QUEEN'S DELIGHT, tho medicino of all
others, is now the recognized agent for
imparting health, vigor, strength and
beauty for all. No Sarsaparilla abont it,
a now remedy on new principles.- We
say try it and be convinced. J3
HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA BALM.-This article
is the true secret of beauty. It is what
fash i on able ladies, actresses and opera
singers use to produce that cultivated,
distingue appearance so much admired in
thc circles of fashion.
It removes all unsightly blotches, red?
ness, freckles, tan, sunburn and effects of
spring winds and gives to the complexion
a blooming pnrity of transparent delicacy
and power. No lady who values a flue
complexion can do without the Magnolia
Balm. 76 cents will buy it of any of our
respectable dealers.
Lyon's Kathairon is a very delightful
hairdressing. M22 J13